A complete renovation of The Hub's west patio area is one of this summer's campus construction projects. The building will remain open during operating hours, but the west entrances will be affected.
The goal is to have the new numbering system in place and the freestanding building signs changed by the end of the calendar year. Street addresses could be announced next month.
Provost Jonathan Wickert and research VP Sarah Nusser both presented updates at the final Faculty Senate meeting of the academic year. Wickert shared the latest promotion and tenure data and Nusser reported on the focus of her office a year after its reorganization.
Faculty and staff who haven't completed mandatory training on discrimination, harassment and Title IX should do so this spring, says Robin Kelley, director of the office of equal opportunity.
Warm, dry spring weather has propagated an early (and unsightly) algae bloom in Lake LaVerne. Environmentally friendly management methods are keeping the lake healthy, and long-term solutions are being studied.
Policy changes for faculty position responsibility statements were introduced at the April 21 Faculty Senate meeting. The proposed changes stemmed from a task force report released in February.
Sections of Beach, Farm House, Osborn, Union and Wallace roads near central campus will be closed for a time this summer, either for reconstruction or to accommodate utility projects. Other summer projects will require sidewalk or lane closures.
Eight individually themed interactive houses are being constructed throughout Reiman Gardens as part of the "Intreeguing Treehouses" exhibit that opens this weekend.
